Finally!

[PlasterCraftDundee]

Finally found another plasterer in my area who has a bit experience doing scratch render and is up for letting me come out and give him a hand. Fingers crossed there's no rain on Sunday!

 

[owls]

Finally found another plasterer in my area who has a bit experience doing scratch render and is up for letting me come out and give him a hand. Fingers crossed there's no rain on Sunday!

Fingers crossed there's no work to be ever done on a Sunday.

 

[PlasterCraftDundee]

Fingers crossed there's no work to be ever done on a Sunday.

I don't normally work Sundays to be honest, but it's the only day both our diaries are free.

 

[Danny]

let us know how it goes...

 

[PlasterCraftDundee]

let us know how it goes...

Ill try get a few photos. I am hoping he knows what he's doing, i'v not seen any of his mono work, his other work is a good standard tho. I have plenty knowledge on it, mostly from here but just not any practical experience

 

[Danny]

photos are always good

 

[Orangemachineman]

Id rather have my ass fingered than do mono on a Sunday

 

[aspotofbother]

Id rather have my ass fingered than do mono on a Sunday

Is ass fingering a bad thing then?
[emoji15]

 

[PlasterCraftDundee]

Go easy it was my first time!
Also the photos make some bits alot smoother than what they actually were.

 

[flynnyman]

Looks tidy enough any with the sun on it? Hahahah seen a lot worse which is the norm with mono

 

[Vincey]

Go easy it was my first time!
Also the photos make some bits alot smoother than what they actually were.

Got to be In it ... Too win it , I say good man ,nice warm day as well,sometimes it's worth working a Sunday especially with the rain we had lately

 

[PlasterCraftDundee]

Been cloudy here all day once it's dry and the sun's on it ill get a photo and if it's more wavy than the north Sea I'll tell you I never got a chance to go back. To be fair they were nice sized easy panels. The only question I have is the guy who's job it was method is to scratch coat all the walls first to about 10 mm with the top coat and leave it to set. Is it ok doing it that way I don't remember ever seeing people describe doing it that way. Also he had put beads under all window cills, is that necessary?

 

[Orangemachineman]

Beads under the sills yes
When you say scratch coat you mean the day before then top out?
Normally a couple passes the same day

 

[PlasterCraftDundee]

Yeah he done the scratch coat a few days ago. He said when he was doing it it 2 passes the same day it was slumping too much and since he's been doing it that way he's not had an issue

 

[Orangemachineman]

It's not the worst idea to be fair
Most don't bother though
Is it k rend?

 

[PlasterCraftDundee]

Good to know, don't want to pick up bad habits. No we were using enewall

 

[beader]

photos are always good

READERS WIFE'S.

 

[GrantyBoy]

Why did he scratch coat with mono and not a base coat?

Or have I misunderstood you?

 

[PlasterCraftDundee]

I'm not sure why he would use mono to scratch with. When I first turned up I assumed it was a base coat. What method do you use? Just two passes same day?

 

[GrantyBoy]

On to block? any time I've used k rend or enewall (powerwall when i used it) we basecoated and put mesh in the base and topped another day 2 passes wet on wet Did you get scraping same day?

 

[PlasterCraftDundee]

Yeah we had everything on that we wanted to by about 11 and started scraping back of 5/6ish. How thick is your base coat? We probably only put on about a 10mm coat

 

[GrantyBoy]

Depends how good the block is